Iraq War Will Cost More Than $2 Trillion

so the headline reads

Just think what might have been done to enhance life on this planet with those resources, instead of the mass destruction and death that has taken place. Couldn't we have kept the military-industrial complex people employed and well-remunerated by doing good work instead of evil?

No, I suppose not. They have received windfall profits from poor planning and sub-par execution of ill-conceived projects on a scale that would not have been possible in a different world.